Occupational exposure to blood: search for a relation between personality and behavior.

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Date publication

septembre 2000

Journal

Infection control and hospital epidemiology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr GUILLEMIN Francis


Tous les auteurs :
Rabaud C, Zanea A, Mur JM, Blech MF, Dazy D, May T, Guillemin F

Résumé

To describe the behavior of French nurses after occupational exposure to blood (OEB); to study the reasons for not reporting an OEB to the occupational medicine service or the hospital authorities, and to explore the links between personality traits and both the risk of having an OEB and the likelihood of reporting it.

Mots clés

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, transmission, Adolescent, Adult, Blood-Borne Pathogens, Education, Continuing, Female, France, Guideline Adherence, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Hepatitis B, transmission, Hepatitis C, transmission, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Needlestick Injuries, Nursing Staff, Hospital, psychology, Occupational Exposure, Occupational Health, Personality, Risk-Taking, Sexual Behavior, Truth Disclosure

Référence

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Sep;21(9):564-74